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Damini Maithani
Life Sciences
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Influence of Microbial Inoculants on Soil Health
The escalating world population is directly affecting food production leading to a rapid fall of agriculture land resources which is posing a major commination to sustainable agriculture. The resident soil bac...
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Plant Growth-Promoting Psychrotrophic Microbes: Current Research and Future Challenges
Food production should be raised to keep up with the growing world population, yet not at the expense of the environment by reducing the use of agrochemicals. This key insight has encouraged the development of...
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Heavy Metal Pollution in Water: Cause and Remediation Strategies
Heavy metals are naturally present in earth’s crust, and some of them are essential to living organisms for carrying out life processes. Due to their high persistence and nonbiodegradable nature, heavy metal a...
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Cold-Adapted Microorganisms: Survival Strategies and Biotechnological Significance
Thermal stress either cold or heat stress is one of the major factors that influence microorganisms, and to survive from these adverse conditions, microorganisms have to adapt different survival strategies. So...
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Stress Alleviation in Plants Using SAR and ISR: Current Views on Stress Signaling Network
Plants are armored with several defense mechanisms that are inducible in the presence of stress stimuli to protect them from pathogen attack, insect mediated herbivory or to increase systemic tolerance towards...
